Person fatally struck by vehicle on Kennedy Expressway on Northwest Side
Dec 25, 2024
A person was fatally struck by a vehicle on the Kennedy Expressway near Oriole Park on the Northwest Side on Wednesday night, snarling holiday traffic and frustrating travelers, the Illinois State Police said. State troopers responded to the scene of a crash where a vehicle hit a pedestrian on I-90 near the Harlem Blue Line station at 5:43 p.m., police said. Two people were taken to a hospital with injuries, state police said. Among them was the injured pedestrian, who was pronounced dead at the hospital. The person was in the left lane of the expressway when they were struck, authorities said. Debris from the crash entered the middle lane and struck another vehicle. Three lanes of traffic were initially closed. Multiple vehicles stuck in inbound traffic just before Oriole Avenue were driving onto the shoulder and turning the wrong way onto the Canfield Avenue entrance ramp to leave the expressway; traffic was largely clear after Harlem Avenue.Inbound lanes of Interstate 90 were shut down at Cumberland until shortly before 10 p.m.